[jbosscache-dev] Re: JGroups Shared Transport support in JBC
Brian Stansberry
brian.stansberry at redhat.com
Wed Feb 27 12:13:58 EST 2008
Bela Ban wrote:
>
>
> Brian Stansberry wrote:
>> In JGroups 2.6.2, the JGroups team is introducing the shared transport
>> as a (superior) alternative to the multiplexer. Want to touch off a
>> discussion of how to take advantage of that in JBC.
>>
>> Currently in JBC, user can inject a ChannelFactory into their cache
>> configuration, and configure a MultiplexerStack (string). If both are
>> set, JBC calls ChannelFactory.createMultiplexerChannel(), which
>> returns a MuxChannel.
>>
>> So, how can JBC get a regular JChannel w/ a shared transport instead
>> of a MuxChannel? Couple solutions come to mind:
>>
>> 1) Add a configuration property ChannelStack to the JBC config. If
>> present, JBC calls JChannelFactory.createChannel(String) instead of
>> ChannelFactory.createMultiplexerChannel(). Basically, the user
>> indicates what they want by how they configure. This IMHO is the
>> cleanest and simplest.
>>
>> Problem is the createChannel(String) method is not exposed in the
>> ChannelFactory interface; it's only in the JChannelFactory
>> implementation. JBC needs to use the interface. Bela, can this
>> method be added to the interface in 2.6.2?
>
> I changed this in the 2.6 branch, however, as 2.6.2 was released
> yesterday I cannot add it to 2.6.2...
>
Oh well. I just noticed it not being in the interface when I started
drafting this. :(
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Brian Stansberry
Lead, AS Clustering
JBoss, a division of Red Hat
brian.stansberry at redhat.com
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